Watch This Tesla Burst Into Flames In FL – Could It Happen Here?

The data suggests that Teslas are not involved in more car fires than traditional, gasoline powered vehicles. This is according to statistics from the National Transportation Safety board, that reports fire departments respond to around 170,000 car fires annually across the United States.

Of those, the details are not really all inclusive to determine how many of them were Electric Vehicles, compared to traditional gasoline engines. One other study suggests that fewer than 25 of 100,000 fires actually do involve EV's.

However - and this is a big but - the CAUSE of those fires are very suspect, as video has emerged from Pinellas County, Florida of a Tesla EV actually spontaneously bursting into flames in a homeowner's garage whiled simply parked, off and unoccupied.

This comes on the heels of Hurricane Helene, which ripped up the western coast of Florida last week, bringing storm surge to coastal communities from Southwest Florida all the way up to the panhandle, before ultimately tearing across the southeastern portion of the United States.

The homeowner had video rolling in their garage, and you can see as the storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico - which is saltwater - ran into the garage and filled up under the car, making contact with its internal parts and ultimately causing it to burst into flames.

Storm surge is raw water pushed from large bodies like the Gulf of Mexico or other oceans, which are not to be confused with rain water that accumulates and has nowhere to go.

The question is - could this happen in Colorado? While EV fires do require special tactics to completely extinguish, and there have been documented cases of EV's catching fire in our state, statistically speaking they do occur less frequently than traditional vehicle fires.

Additionally, we don't have saltwater in Colorado, which is what has caused authorities in Florida communities affected by storm surge to warn residents they need to move their EV's at least 50 feet away from their home if they're in a flood prone area. That's a weird problem to have - and one we should be thankful we do not have here.